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from eight a.m. to five p.m. One hour’s cessation for dinner. 13. On Saturdays, however, the day’s labour shall cease at noon, to enable the prisoners to wash their clothes and clean the Prison. 14. Prisoners shall proceed to work in an orderly manner, in charge of at least one overseer and one sentry. 15. During work no talking or idling shall be permitted, nor shall any prisoner leave his alloted spot without permission, nor unless accompanied by an Overseer or Sentry. liations. 16. Tiie ordinary Gaol allowance for each prisoner shall be $ lb. bread | lb. meat i lb. potatoes oz. salt hj oz. soap 17. But such prisoners as shall bo sentenced to hard labour shall have 1 lb. bread 1 lb. meat 1 lb. potatoes 2 oz. sugar jf oz. tea hj oz. salt 2 oz. soap 18. Prisoners sentenced to solitary confinement shall, during such sentence, only be allowed l)r lbs. bread Water, ad libitum 19. No prisoner shall bo allowed to receive provisions of any kind from his friends, but is to live exclusively on the Gaol allowance. 20. Every prisoner shall take his meals in the mess room—on no account shall he be permitted to eat them in his cell, 21. No prisoner In receipt of a superior ration or medical comfort shall supply another prisoner with any portion thereof, on penalty of being reduced to an inferior ration, in addition to such punishment as he may be liable to for so doing. Divine Service. 22. On Sundays every prisoner (unless specially excused) shall attend at the service performed within the Prison by the clergyman of the denomination to which prisoner belongs. Cleanliness. 23. Each prisoner to have one clean shirt twice a week ; trousers to be washed once a week ; blankets and rugs to be washed every two months. 24. Each prisoner to have his hair cut close once a month, and to bo close shaved twice a week. 25. At every meal prisoners shall appear with clean hands and face. 26. They shall also wash themselves before being locked up for the night. 27. The prison shall be washed out every week, and every cell is to be washed out at least every other day. 28. The greatest cleanliness is to be enforced throughout the Gaol buildings and yards, and with respect to the prisoners’ bedding and clothes. Clothing. 29. Every prisoner shall be supplied with the following articles of clothing : —2 pairs trousers, 2 cotton shirts, 1 blue serge shirt, 1 rug, 1 pair boots, 2 blankets, 1 hat or cap, the whole of which shall be marked and numbered with the prisoner’s number, the Government brand, and the letters N. G. 30. No prisoner will be allowed to wear any private clothing whatever, except under clothing, by order of the medical officer. 31. Each pair boots and trousers, and each cotton shirt, must last six months. Each serge shirt, and hat or cap, twelve months. Panis/imcut Regulations. 32. Any prisoner I. Being lusolentor threatening violence to any person whomsoever, other than an officer of the Gaol. 11. Injuring or destroying the property of the Government. 111. Or being guilty of any other misconduct not provided against in these rules, subversive of the peace, order, or good government of the Gaol, shall be punishable by being placed in solitary confinement for any period not exceeding (7) seven days, and in addition thereto, (at the option of a Visiting Justice), a diminution of his rations, and in addition, in case of destruction or injury to any property of Government by a prisoner who shall have money or property in the hands of the Gaoler, such money or property may be wholly or partially forfeited by order of a Visiting Justice, to repay such destruction or injury. 33. Every prisoner who shall be guilty of any of the offences next hereinafter mentioned, that is to say I. Attempting to escape. 11. Conniving at and concealing a prisoner or prisoners attempting to escape. 111. Assaulting any officer of the Gaol, shall, in addition to any punishment to which he may by law otherwise be sentenced, be punishblc by close confinement for any period not exceeding (14) fourteen days, and by diminished rations. 34. Every prisoner who shall be guilty of any of the offences next hereinafter mentioned, that is to say I. Mutiny or outbreak. 11. Assaulting an officer with intent to do grievous bodily harm. 111. Setting on fire, or attempting to set on fire, the Gaol building or other property, shall, in addition to any punishment to which he may by law otherwise be sentenced, be punishable by close confinement for any period not exceeding one calender mouth, and by diminished rations. 35. Complaints touching the above, and all other offences committed by prisoners shall be heard and determined upon due proof upon oath by one or more Visiting Justice or Justices. 36. Every sentence of punishment, with the nature of the offence, shall be entered in the defaulter’s book, and signed by the Visiting Justice. Attempts to Escape. 37. Any prisoner leaving his allotted place while at work, with intent to escape, or otherwise making any attempt to escape, will render himself liable to be shot by the guard or other person in whose charge he may be ; and each prisoner is hereby cautioned that if he makes any such attempt he does s» at his own risk and peril. 38. Any prisoner attempting to escape, or who, having escaped, shall bo recaptured, shall be put in irons for such term as the Sheriff or Visiting Justices shall direct. Visiting and Letters. 39. No prisoner shall be permitted to receive visits, except by express permission from the